We, the founders of the Constitution Party, hold that our
federal government has consistently violated the
Constitution of the United States. The Founding Fathers
designed the U.S. government to serve us -- the people. It
was not designed so that we the people would serve
government. We no longer wish to see Americans dependent
upon or enslaved by government. Generations of Republican
and Democratic administrations have made it abundantly clear
that they are incapable of managing the nation's affairs
competently, justly, or legally. The CP is dedicated to
ensuring the unalienable right of every U.S. citizen to
Life, Liberty, Property and the Pursuit of Happiness by
limiting the role of government in our lives.
The CP holds that no one has the right to dictate to
anyone else how to live. It further believes that no one
holds the higher moral authority to compel anyone else to
behave in a particular way. The CP maintains that each
individual has the right to behave according to his or her
self-determined moral principles, provided the pursuit of
these principles causes no physical harm to any other person
or his property. The CP believes that if there is no victim
there is no crime. The CP believes that no entity,
including a majority of voters or citizens, may take away or
violate the rights of an individual.
Accordingly, the CP calls for a reordering of national
priorities. We aim to restore the rights of individual
Americans. We aim to create a truly free country where
people will learn to be responsible for their own welfare.
Upon achieving this goal, productivity will flower, causing
business to prosper, thereby creating an atmosphere of
abundance, tolerance, and compassion. Therefore, the CP
offers the following platform to ensure our rights and those
of our children:
1. Under no circumstance does government have the power
to violate the rights of an individual.
2. Government does not have the right to legislate
morality. Adult consensual behavior ("victimless
crimes") such as those involving any sexual
activity, gambling, drug use, or assisted suicide are
a matter of individual adult morality and not a
matter of criminal law. The traditional
organizations for discussion and persuasion regarding
such issues include churches, synagogues, youth
clubs, chambers of commerce, and other local social
organizations.
3. As an adult, you are free to do whatever you choose
with your own person or property, provided you do not
physically harm the person or property of another.
People who physically harm others are to be forcibly
segregated from the rest of society by government.
It is society, not the criminal, that should be shown
leniency.
4. The CP advocates a strong local police presence for
violent crime. By eliminating victimless crimes,
police will be able to focus on violent crimes,
making police infinitely more effective. The prison
system, currently overburdened, will have ample space
to house violent criminals for the full course of
their prison terms. The streets will be safe, the
country's legal and prison systems will unclog, and
vast amounts of money that add to the budget deficit
will be saved. Isn't this a better idea?
Nevertheless, a government that must break the law in
order to enforce the law is not a government worth
having. Therefore, law enforcement officers and
agencies must be above reproach with regard to due
process of law, personal privacy, freedom from
unreasonable search and seizures, and all the other
fundamental constitutional guarantees. The CP
believes that any government agent or employee who
does not abide by, or who violates, the Constitution
should face mandatory criminal penalties.
The CP believes that all judges must be directed to
inform every jury of its legal sovereignty under the
Constitution in that it may find any defendant not
guilty if it judges the law, even law upheld by the
Supreme Court, to be defective, unwarranted,
unconstitutional, or wrongly applied.
5. Regarding abortion, government has no right making
laws dictating to a woman what to do with her body.
At the same time, it has no right to take money from
some citizens to fund abortions for others.
6. Each individual adult has the right to keep and bear
arms, providing the owner has never been convicted of
a crime involving the use of a weapon.
7. The CP advocates the maintenance of the strongest
national defense force in the world. The CP does not
advocate military interference in the affairs of
other nations.
The CP further believes that the US should protect
its sovereignty and maintain full control over its
own defense systems and not turn them over to the
United Nations.
8. The CP believes that individuals have the right to
keep all money or property they have earned, to
provide for themselves and their families. The CP
believes it is not government's business to know how
much money you earn, where your money is kept, or to
require you to keep records on its behalf.
Accordingly, it believes that government has no right
to use any of its agencies to intimidate people into
revealing how much property, including money, they
have or earn, with threats of jail terms and property
seizures. This stance requires the elimination of the
Internal Revenue Service and all taxes based on
wages, earnings, income, and inheritances.
The elimination of these taxes would cause business
to skyrocket, create millions of jobs, and
significantly reduce unemployment and welfare lines.
It would also reduce crime. All these benefits
would be felt by the American people, when the burden
of these taxes is lifted from their shoulders.
The CP advocates the elimination of the income tax
code, elimination of all gift and estate taxes and
any other direct taxes. The CP calls for repeal of
the 16th Amendment or formal recognition by the
government that it was never ratified by the states
and is therefore illegal. To the extent revenue is
needed, excise taxes are authorized in Article I,
Section 8 of the Constitution.
9. The CP advocates the elimination of the budget
deficit and the national debt via the sale of federal
assets, the downsizing of government , and the
elimination of entitlement programs.
10. The CP advocates the elimination of entitlement
programs. Just as no individual has the right to steal
from you, the government has no right to steal from you on
behalf of others, that is, to redistribute your wealth. The
money you earn belongs to you and no one else. How can you
properly support yourself and your family while you are
constantly being robbed? The price of personal freedom is
individual responsibility. Consequently, it is not
government's job to "save" people from poor choices,
calamities, or the vicissitudes of life. At the same time,
The Constitution Party believes deeply in volunteerism and
charity to care for the less fortunate. It therefore
encourages everyone, individuals and private institutions
alike, in the strongest possible terms, to give to the
charities of their choice to care for the homeless, the
helpless, and the needy. Charity is traditionally the work
of religious organizations, individuals, private
institutions and foundations. In contrast, entitlement
programs rob individuals of the ability and desire to be
charitable.
The CP further believes that the elimination of
entitlement programs will immediately solve the
nation's immigration problem.
11. The CP calls for the reinstitution of sound money.
12. The CP will require an audit of the gold reserves of
the country. There is no reason in the world why
government should hide from us how much gold we own.
Would you allow your servant to hide your assets from
you?
13. The CP advocates full financial freedom. Government
has no right to force an individual to report how
much money he or she deposits or withdraws from a
bank. It also has no right to force an individual to
report how much money he or she takes into or out of
the country. These laws force Americans to spy and
report on each other. Think about it. Is the
government your servant or your master?
14. The CP believes that government has no legal or moral
authority in health care.The CP believes that
government involvement in health care will adversely
affect the health of the majority of Americans.
The CP believes that government has no right to limit
our choice of doctors, or medicines they prescribe,
whether they be "alternative" or American Medical
Association certified physicians. Government also
has no right to dictate what vitamins ought to be
available. When your life is at stake, do you feel
that the government, your servant, should be able to
tell you which doctor you can see or what medicines
you can take? We think not!
The CP opposes the proposed national health card.
This card will ultimately be used as nothing less
than a national tracking device that will result in
the further loss of personal freedom.
15. The CP endorses full economic freedom. The CP
believes that government should not set prices, set
quotas, or create laws concerning hiring, firing, the
level of wages, unionization, or any non-coercive
private commercial behavior.
The CP believes that a movement is underway, a movement
toward individual freedoms, as our Forefathers planned. We
believe that people are sick and tired of constantly being
told how to live their lives by a government that passes
thousands of laws and regulations every year. We believe
that people have had enough of the taxes, the continual
loss of our dollar's purchasing power, and the intimidating
tactics of an out of control, lying government that has no
accountability and are ready to stand vigilant against the
loss of their personal freedoms. The course on which the
ship of state is currently set is clear: a bankrupt social
welfare police state.
To all Americans who want to keep their rights: whether it
be the right to speak your mind, the right to keep the money
you earn, the right to use your property as you wish, the
right to have a gun for the defense of your family or to
hunt, the right to engage in noncoercive behavior, the right
to practice (or refrain from practicing) any religion, the
right to be homosexual; the right to choose a doctor or the
medicine of your choice, or the right to end your life --
these are your personal choices, not the government's.
To all Americans who feel alienated from the politics of
our system and are tired of being treated like juveniles: we
understand your frustration and your desire for change.
Come join us! No matter who you are or what you do, come
join us. It's not whether you are on the left or the right,
liberal or conservative, it's only our individual rights
that matter.
"The battle is not left versus right, the true battle is the
individual versus big government"..Aaron Russo.
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Constitution Party
Founder
Aaron Russo (Film Producer - Trading Places with Eddie
Murphy, The Rose with Bette Midler; won an
Emmy and had films nominated for various
Academy Awards)
Partial List of Founding Members
Dr. Robert Atkins (Author)
Larry Becraft, esq. (Attorney)
Bill Benson (Author - The Law That Never Was)
Bob Bishop (Editor, Goldmining Stock Report)
Jim Blanchard (Author and Newsletter Writer)
Doug Casey (Author of largest selling financial
book in history)
Bill Cooper (Radio Talk-Show Host)
Vince Deniro (Historical/Political Researcher,
Radio Talk-Show Host of America's
Town Meeting)
Larry Dodge (Former Libertarian Party
Activist)
Roger Fredinburg (Radio Talk-Show Host)
Paul Hapenny (Screenwriter)
Sheriff Richard I. Mack Graham County, Arizona (Author -
From My Cold, Dead Fingers)
Ron Paul (Former Republican Member of
Congress)
Bob Prechter (Author, Editor, Corporate
President)
Dr. Gus Prosch (Physician, Author)
Scott Summers (Houston Foundation of Vietnam
Veterans)
James Turk (Author and Editor ,
Freemarket Gold & Money Report)
Dr. Jonathan Wright (Author)
Constitution Party
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